person
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Pompey
also: Cn. Pompeius, Gnaeus Pompey
Pompey the Great (106–48 BC), the dynast who in his third consulship (52 BC) curbed the length of trials and 'bridled' eloquence; cited also for his own oratorical power.
Reading notes
- The Annals §1.1 Pompey
Pompey the Great, whose power with Crassus passed to Julius Caesar.
- The Annals §2.27 great-grandfather Pompey
Pompey the Great, Libo's ancestor.
- A Dialogue on Oratory §37 Gnaeus Pompey
Pompey the Great, cited both for his oratorical power and (in §38) for curbing the courts in his third consulship.
- The Histories §1.15 Gnaeus Pompeius
Pompey the Great (106--48 BC), Republican commander and triumvir, an ancestor of Piso.
- The Histories §2.7 Pompey
Pompey the Great, whose cause in the civil war against Caesar ended in defeat and death across the sea in Egypt.